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Announcements:

11/27/2023: Scheduling and content for the last two weeks

Final:1:30pm - 4:30pm in our usual classroom (2100 Sidney Lu)
Allowed materials for the final: calculator, one letter-sized page (single-sided) of handwritten formulas and notes
Content of the final: Everything covered in the class prior to the fall break, and all homework and discussion topics. Expect more content from the period after MT2.
Discussion 12: review and Q&A for the final
No lecture on 11/30, and no office hours by W. Pfaff on 11/30
We hold office hours until Reading Day (included!). There'll be one additional office hour on Reading Day from 12pm-1pm (TA will announce).

10/2/2023: Reminders for MT1 (in-class on 10/3/2023)

we'll start at 9:35 sharp, and you have until 10:45. If you come late, don't disturb the people that are already working; and you'll still need to be done at 10:45
No materials allowed (you may use a calculator if you like, but I don't expect you to need it).
Useful formulas will be included on the worksheet. But: I do expect everyone to know the very basics. Expressions for things like Schrodinger's equation (time independent and dependent), momentum operator, kinetic energy, or similarly foundational concepts are expected to be known.
All relevant notes and solutions to HW/Discussions are on the course website.

08/29/2023

Homework 1 is online -- see the schedule page for the PDF link.
Homework is due Tuesdays of the following week at 9pm. Submission on Gradescope. For details see the Course Grading page.
Discussion assignments will be posted by the morning of the day of the Discussion.

08/20/2023

- See you Tuesday, Aug. 22 for the first class.

- Discussion Sessions start on Thursday, Aug. 31.

- First homework will be posted on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and is due on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 9pm.

Homework Schedule:

HW sets will be posted on the course website on Tuesdays.
They will be due on the following Tuesday at midnight (starting HW4; it was 9pm before). Solutions will be posted one week after the due date.

Textbook:

see Course Description and Materials

Office Hours:

see Contact Information

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